Most of Trump’s tax plans will help American expats. If you’re living abroad, and making more than the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, or have significant capital gains, Trump might cut your US taxes significantly. First, I should point out that there’s been no indication Trump will attack the FEIE. I don’t expect this Exclusion to
The EB-5 visa program is fraught with fraud and under fire from Democrats in the U.S. Congress. I expect it to survive, but problems will continue to plague the program. Here’s why and what you can do to protect yourself. First, a brief review. The U.S. EB-5 visa program promises high net-worth foreigners a green
Investing offshore and asset protection have become a central theme of the Madoff case in 2016. The US trustee wants to clawback as many of the payments made by Madoff to his clients prior to the fund imploding. Those who got out early want to keep their gains. Only sophisticated parties investing offshore have been
If you want to diversify your IRA offshore or out of the US dollar, time is running out. From what I hear, Obama is looking to renew his push for myRA and forcing even more Americans to invest their IRAs in treasuries. If you’ve forgotten the Obama myRA, here’s the new site they rolled out.